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The footnote says something about them all turning into wolves without wanting to. Is it referring to the general werewolf problem or does it actualy imply they go all wulf unintentionally in the lead up to the battle? So sad. Their duality kind of made them somehow loveable.

Sorry for the noob question, but is there a collection of "Canon Demons" somehow somewhere?

"The Company of the Dragon" has a good 8 page chapter on Draconic Consciousness and Draconic Mysticism. It is not too rules-oriented but provides nice ideas on which it is possible to expand and imho offers a very atmospheric background approach to it (comparable to a non chaotic way of Illumination that gives you specific benefits and allows access to Dragon Magic). It is also stated that Draconic Consciousness is what Dragonewts are trying to achieve. There is also a nice cult write up for the Company of the Dragon. SPOILER (!):

Oh well, so no raiding. I kind of thought it would be a good element to use the Kitori in a role as kind of Conan-Style "Picts" as "savage wilderness threads". Ghosts in the forrest, cruel shamans, horrible darkness rites, brutal warriors with giant beetles and Trollkin swarming and stuff. But seems like they are more in a situation where they need to take care not to fall victim to a crusade and therefore are on good behaviour? Thanks for all the input!

When traveling around Heortland, in particular near the Troll Woods, i guess chances are to encounter Kitori Warbands. Maybe they even raid a small village or stead where the PCs rest or ambush a caravan? However, since the tribe is part Human part Troll, how is the organisation on the clan level? Are they separated by species or do we find clans / settlements with humans and trolls / trollkin. And would a typical Kitori Warband - as a "Road Encounter" - be part Human part Troll / Trollkin or would they be "either or"? Thanks in advance!

Thanks a lot, the picture starts to become clearer. So just to summarize some of the possible circumstances in a timeline-like fashion (only as an interpretation ( one possibility): Before his death, Broyan managed to purify at least the Orlanth temple in Whitewall, eventhough the city now is basicaly a haunted ruin, with only the Stormvoice and probably some Stormbulls and Humakti being able to find a safe passage through the chaos-tainted ruins to the temple. A season or so before the Dragonrise in 1625, Broyan and his troops made camp outside Twotop, close to Auroch Hills and the Troll Woods. It is not unlikely that he was preparing to march on the new Lunar Temple. Somehow some deadly entities (perhaps a Black Eater, Darkness elementals and / or Hell demons and maybe more) surprisingly manifest in the camp one night, slay Broyan and massacre lots of his troops in their sleep, not unlikely summoned by foul Lunar sorcery (maybe even in combination with intruders, assassins or someone preparing/helping the summoning, maybe even a traitor and/ or other allies?). Broyans powers likely failed him because of a broken vow. He is layed to rest in the cairns of his kin, leaving no heirs. Vingkots Sword & Helm are likely lost for now. The survivors dont really know what exactly hit them, probably starting to blame each other and split up due to internal conflicts and rivalries. Rumors about the incident spread. Part of the survivors settle in Newtown, in front of Whitewall ruins, forming the new Olontongi tribe, another group with Leika Blackspear is probably off to Sartar (Colymar lands?). (Kallyr Starbrow is off about to start her rites provoking the Dragonrise.) Heortland is now facing a power vacuum, endangered and destabilized through internal conflicts, the Shadowplateau trolls and the Scorpion Queen. Since the real responsibilities for the murder of the High King are not really known so far, revenge for him isnt too likely soon (eventhough there is a chance, some of the involved powers fall victim to the Dragonrise). Lots of work for Heroes

This is great, from the perpetrators perspective, its like the perfect crime. Not only is the target killed together with lots of his fighters. Also the survivors are likely undecided who to blame and are even blaming each other plus arguing about command of the troops. At some point i figure there could have been internal conflicts and Kallyr is off to prepare for her visit at the new moon temple and Leika is probably off with her warband to Sartar to ready her tribe after the Dragonrise. If the scattered troops in front of Whitewall ruins are a match for the trolls or the scorpionmen gonna be interesting. i imagine some skirmishes could be likely since Argrath is probably more focussed on the northwest in general. Lots of oportunities for adventure. Curious about the developments in the area between 1625 and 1630, the constellations look promising. Too bad the High King, the sword and the helm are lost for now. But then again, the loss of Broyan is followed by the loss of most of Lunar army in Sartar. Looking forward to haunt the PC`s, being all bored and silly on guard duty, with some propper Helldemons and Darkness elementals. Or maybe they are not even there, being on patrol when they return to the camp after hearing screams and then have to face the minions of the Black Eater while the massacre unfolds.

Thanks, that should suit the situation perfectly well! So the "alpha demon" is masscaring the king and his guard and the PC`s have to fight some minion-entity to escape (or try to get to the king), while everything around them is murder and mayhem. That should be enough to get an idea about the scale of oposition and contemplate a season about wtf happened. Then getting back at the Lunars with a vengeance after Earthseason will give them kind of new purpose. Maybe in between there will be time for trying to peek into whats left of Whitewall, maybe escorting the Stormvoice to Orlanth temple or something like that. Is there a way the PC`s might know it was the Lunars who killed the Highking or is it not clarified ingame?

Thanks a lot so far! So when interpreting the given facts, he was on his way up north with his army (perhaps with the intend to attack the new lunar temple). While they made camp and slept, something killed him and parts of his army. And foul lunar sorcery is at play. Since he managed to survive the crimson bat, either his powers failed him or he was just not warned in time. Really like that vid of the black eater, looking gorgeous! Where can i find more info about that creature? Is it a demon per definition or ist it rather an "unspecified entity"? Thinking about plothooks here for starter heroes that are not from the same clan, something like letting the players escape with their bare life from the carnage and plenty of nightmares (and guilt if it was on their watch). And a while after this feel of total defeat, the rumors begin to spread about the dragon rise and things start rolling, bringing the heroes back into the game. The new timeline realy does give a lot of interesting options.

Hi, thinking about the tragic end that met King Broyan of Whitewall, is there any sourcematerial about how exactly he was killed? According to Well of Daliath, he was killed in 1625 near the Troll Woods by Lunar sorcery, shortly before the Dragonrise, and Leika Black Spear was there with him when it happened. I wonder what where the circumstances? What exactly was the tool? What was he doing there? And what happened to the Sword and Helm of Vingkot after King Broyan was killed? Thanks in advance!